Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive Heinrich Zimmermann

Heinrich Zimmermann

black screen-printed type "Lg

chipping of the handle insignia

with the interior of the left pocket retaining a manufacturer’s label formerly bearing the owner’s name

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, Type E, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive Heinrich Zimmermann(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 43.